System and method for managing performance of a mobile device

A mobile device comprising:

• a memory having stored thereon computer readable instructions associated with a performance management application;
• a processor, wherein the processor is communicably coupled to the memory, and wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer readable instructions associated with the performance management application to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• determining a current runtime list specifying applications currently executing on the mobile device;
• determining a current measure of performance speed associated with execution of the applications on the mobile device;
• receiving a request to execute a new application not on the current runtime list;
• granting the request to execute the new application responsive to detecting that executing the new application along with the currently executing applications as specified by the current runtime list will not cause a projected execution speed performance measure of executing the currently executing applications and the new application to fall below a threshold level;
• and
• declining the request to execute the new application responsive to detecting that executing the new application along with the currently executing applications as specified by the current runtime list will cause the projected execution speed performance measure of the mobile device to fall below the threshold level;
• wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer readable instructions associated with the performance management application, causing the processor to perform operations further comprising:
• determining a priority of the new application and a respective priority of each application on the current runtime list, wherein each of the priorities is based on a power demand over time of a respective application;
• and
• wherein the operation of granting the request to execute the new application further comprises:
• stopping at least one lower priority application responsive to detecting that stopping any combination of lower priority running applications would allow the new application to run with an execution speed performance measure that is greater than the threshold level, wherein the priority of the new application and the priority of each of the lower priority applications are determined based on a respective battery power demand over time of each application;
• and executing the new application after stopping the at least one of the lower priority applications.

A method for managing performance of a mobile device, the method comprising:

• via computer processor hardware in the mobile device:
• determining a current runtime list of applications executing on the mobile device;
• receiving a request to execute a new application not on the current runtime list;
• granting the request to execute the new application responsive to detecting that executing the new application will not cause a performance measure of the mobile device to fall below a threshold level, the performance measure measuring a speed of program execution on the mobile device;
• and
• declining the request to execute the new application responsive to detecting that executing the new application would cause the performance measure to fall below the threshold level
• determining a priority for each of the new application and applications on the current runtime list, wherein priorities of the new application and applications on the current runtime list are determined based on battery power consumption over time for each of the applications
• wherein the operation of granting the request to execute the new application further comprises:
• stopping at least one lower priority application responsive to detecting that stopping any combination of lower priority running applications would allow the new application to run with an execution speed performance measure that is greater than the threshold level, wherein the priority of the new application and the priority of each of the lower priority applications are determined based on a respective battery power demand over time of each application;
• and
• executing the new application after stopping the at least one of the lower priority applications.